Safety-razor.



A. H. JACKSON.

SAFETY RAZOR.

nruouxon FILED 00T.13.1906.

Q/vi lineoaea PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

AMOS H. JACKSON, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 18, 1906.Serial No. 338,787.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

I'D all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMOS H. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors;' and I dohereby declare thefollowingto be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates more partioularlyto that type of razors commonlyknown as safety-razors, and it consists, essentially, of aspecially-prepared blade, preferably of the hollow-ground variety, and anovellyconstructed guard having a handle integral therewith. I

The prime object of the inventioriis to simplifyand cheapen the cost ofproduction of this class of razors, and this object is accomplished byreducing the number of parts to the lowest possible number withoutaffecting the shaving qualities of the implement. In the presentinstance the blade forms one part, and the guard, handle, and clampingmeans form the other part, these latter parts being constructed from asingle piece of metal.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which theguard, handle, and clamping devices are formed. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview looking toward the front of the Implement; Fig. 3, a similar viewlooking toward the rear of the same; Fig. 4, a perspective view of theguard, the blade belng removed; and Fig. 5 a central longitudinalsection of the implement complete.

Referring to the several views, the numeral 1 indicates the blade, whichis preferably of the hollow-ground type and of any desired length.

The numeral 2 indicates a suitably-shaped blank of spring metal fromwhich the guard 3, the handle 4, and the clamping-lips 5 are formed, theblank being slitted at two points a and b and cut at two points a and dto permit of the handle and clamping-lips being formed. The handleportion of the blank is bent. over and away from the body portion of theguard at the proper angle, so that when grasped by the hand of theoperator the blade will be brought to about the correct inclination forclean and smooth shav- 111g.

To adapt the handle for a firm and convenient grasp, it is rovided withintegral s1de flanges 6 6, whic are bent over toward each other toapproximately an oval shape in cross-section and have the corners oftheir res ective ends slightly rounded.

The .0 am ing-lips are bent over upon the face of the ody ortion of theguard, sufficient space being left between them and the said bodyportion for the insertion of the blade.

The guard is formed the body dportion and consists of ,a plurality ofcurve body the teeth curve outwardly, then inwardly, and again slightlyoutwardly, so that a perfect guard against the accidental cutting of theface in shaving is prevented.

The guard and clamping-lips are so formed that the blade is providedwith three separate and distinct bearing-points 7, .8, and 9, re-

spectively, two of which, 7, and 8, bear upon one s1de of the blade forits entire length, one at the upper edge and the other near the loweredge, while the third, 9, bears approximately intermediate of thebearing-points 7 and 8 upon the opposite side of the blade. Thus it willbe seen that said blade will be firmly and evenly held againstaccidental displacement. These bearing-points form important features ofmy invention, as all undue strain upon the blade, caused by-the pressureexerted by the spring-clamping lips will be prevented, such strain beingliable to occur where the bearing-points do not extend the entire lengthof the blade, and thereby cause buckling of the blade at its cuttingedge.

The handle is so curved from the body portion of the guard that when theflanges 6 6 and the clamping-lips are bent into proper position, aconvenient resting-place 10 is provided for the thumb of the hand.

Having thus fully described my invention. what I claim is- 1. As a newarticle of manufacture, a blank for razor-guarcl s, consisting of asheet of spring metal, approximately rectangular in. shape, having twoparallel, longitudinal slits, and oppositely-disposed cuts intersectingtheslits, whereby clamping-lips are formed and side flanges provided toform a portion of the handle.

2. As a new article of manufacture, asafetyrazor guard and handle,constructed of a single piece of spring metal, the guard havingclamping-lips formed by oppositely-disposed at the lower edge of teeth.Commencing from the Ice IIO

cuts extending from the outer edge inwardly and intersected bylongitudinal slits, said surface of the guard, and the handle havingside fianges'forrned by the seidinwardly-exseen/re wardly-extendingtransverse cuts intersected by longitudinal slits, and the handleprovided v with side flanges which are bent inwardly x 5 toward eachother to form an oval-shape; tending cuts, which flanges are bentinwardly grasping-surface, said flanges being formed clamping-lips beingbent over upon the outer toward each other to form enoval-shepe bytheinwardly-extending transverse cuts.

under grasping-surface. In testimony whereof I efiix my signature 3. Inasafety-razor, the. combinat on with in the presence of two Witnesses. ahollow-ground razor-blade, of a single-piece AMOS H. JAQDKSON.

guard and handle, the guard having. clemp- Witnesses: ing-lips bent overupon the outer face there- J. J. ANDERSON, of, said clamping-lips beingformed by inv F. J. FISHER.

